May 12, 2020. Madison, Mississippi. Universities and Colleges.

Ken and I were delighted when our granddaughters went off to college and University. They have selected excellent schools which suited them to a T. We knew nothing about Mississippi College when Kate chose it for her nursing program. But when Ken looked up the school and its reputation, he was delighted. Within the four year program, Kate was granted a B.Sc plus her RN. Now she works as a nurse on the Cardiology floor at the U.of M. Abigail is going into her fourth year at Furman University in South Carolina. The campus is beautiful, just outside of the small town of Greenville. It is a small liberal arts education. It is a perfect school for her. She loves it and is doing well too. When she completes her education she told me she wants to be in sales, which pleased me. We knew lots about the University of Texas so when Sarah decided to go there we were were also pleased. This year she has graduated and now is deciding on law schools. She has been accepted at two good schools and is awaiting two more. Mary Frances attends a small college in Jackson, Millsaps College. The school has an excellent reputation and she is pleased with her education. She is an English major with minors in art and business. She lives in the dorm but always comes for brunch with us. When the first two girls were selecting their schools and were moving into their residences, Ken commented that their university life would be vastly different than either of us. Ken never lived in a dorm or joined a fraternity. He could afford neither. And he cobbled together the money to attend university. I lived at home at Teachers College and did graduate work after I was married. So our experiences with our education were vastly different to our granddaughters. Samantha had as her first choice of schools, The University of Virginia but she was on their waiting list so she decided to attend Virginia Tech. On Friday, she was informed that she was accepted at U.of V. so she has decided to tell them yes. I am pleased for her. The campus is beautiful and historic and also an excellent school. They have one of the top Kinesiology departments in the nation, which she has selected to study. So with Allison at the U.of Colorado, Boulder and Samantha at Charleston, we are set for the moment. Molly is already discussing where she should go to University but as she has just finished 6th grade, she will have a few years to ponder the question. Ken commented one day that he would have been delighted to attend any of the schools that our grandchildren are attending. And I agreed. These girls are fortunate.